Australian Toy Fair 2019 Transformers: Seige Official Images & Barricade Reveal

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In addition to our earlier story showing the Australian ToyFair reveal of Blackjack & Hyperdrive - Hasbro have finally released the official renders for Transformers Seige Micromaster Sports Car Patrol (Blackjack & Hyperdrive), Micromaster Off Road Patrol (Highjump & Powertrain) and Deluxe class Barricade. The full gallery is shown below.

Deluxe Barricade was teased last year, and now we have the solid confirmation he is a Prowl remold (as if there was much doubt to begin with, even without the teaser image). Have the official images fully wetted your appetite for these figures or have they left you feeling dry? Let us know here on the Energon Pub at Seibertron.com!

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Posted by Amelie on March 3rd, 2019 @ 8:52am CST

I'd say that counts as a reveal of Seige Smokescreen, too, whilst we're at it. Same head. Same guns. They'll just lose the light bar on the car mode.

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Posted by Skritz on March 3rd, 2019 @ 8:55am CST

Man, it seems no Micromaster set will ever be able to look anywhere as good as the Battle Patrol and Air Strike Patrol. >:oP

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Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 3rd, 2019 @ 8:56am CST

A different face sculpt for Barricade would have been nice. Make him stand out a bit more than having a 'reverse-Prowl' colour palette.

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Posted by Decepticon Stryker on March 3rd, 2019 @ 8:59am CST

I am.... slightly disappointed in Barricade. I'm glad that he's not an exact repaint of Prowl, and instead uses Smokescreen's head, but I wanted him to have his own, unique headsculpt. Love that vehicle mode though. Here's hoping a 3rd party will release a unique head for him.

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Posted by angtre on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:01am CST

Thumbs up for the new Micromasters, even the almost-only-repainted ones are good.
About Barricade... meh. I was fully prepared for a simple Prowl repaint, yet I was hoping for something a little more original. The movie character is probably one of the most memorable 'cons, it's a shame they didn't try to add a little more personality to this toy... they could at least include its trademark saw blade.

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Posted by Amelie on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:01am CST

I think the inspiration for using Smokescreen came directly from Guido Guidi himself, with this old classic bit of art.

g1_barricade___black_version_by_guidoarts-d4mthyr.jpg

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Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:07am CST

A mouth plate or a partial mouth plate ala Optimus Primal, would have worked a lot better though.

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Posted by Amelie on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:09am CST

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:A mouth plate or a partial mouth plate ala Optimus Primal, would have worked a lot better though.

I agree. I actually think a new mold that could be Barricade and Strongarm would be a much better mix, but I have a feeling we won't be seeing Strongarm again in a very long time.

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Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:11am CST

Amelie wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:A mouth plate or a partial mouth plate ala Optimus Primal, would have worked a lot better though.

I agree. I actually think a new mold that could be Barricade and Strongarm would be a much better mix, but I have a feeling we won't be seeing Strongarm again in a very long time.

Yep, same thought I had about the Coneheads to be fair. Barricade is based on a Movie character, so his face shouldn't look like the default.

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Posted by Albatross250 on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:17am CST

Whadda ya know, Barricade is a Recolor of Red Alert!

Much better than Prowl now!

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Posted by Amelie on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:22am CST

Albatross250 wrote:Whadda ya know, Barricade is a Recolor of Red Alert!

I think you got your wires crossed there, bud...

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Posted by Albatross250 on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:23am CST

Now if Astrotain is Leader, why not Leader Blitzwing as well? (With Animated Face changing Gimmick?)
And a Silver Shockwave? :lol:

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Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:27am CST

Albatross250 wrote:Now if Astrotain is Leader, why not Leader Blitzwing as well? (With Animated Face changing Gimmick?)

Sans naff face change gimmick. Blitzwing doesn't need to be reduced to Transformers' Man-E-Faces anymore.

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Posted by Ironhidensh on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:44am CST

We knew it was coming, and we know repaint are a fact of life, but it is still such a massive let down and disappointment to see.

My kids have been asking for, and I've gotten them most of siege, but Barricade will be one I refuse to pay money for on general principal.

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:45am CST

Barricade is kinda disappointing. I was hoping for something closer to his Movie or Evergreen face, but instead we get a repaint of the lamest of the heads from the Datsum bros. That Smokescreen head isn't my favorite, and I so wish they had gone a different path for his head.

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Posted by Randomhero on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:51am CST

I love this for months people were wanting to see barricade waiting and expecting him to be a black prowl and there he is and people are complaiming that that’s exactly what he is and wanted.

Transformers fandom. Textbook definition of bipolar syndrome

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:55am CST

Amelie wrote:

Wait.. that's Barricade?
...
So, Barricade is just "Nemesis Prowl".

Errrrhhhh....... ¯\_(⏓ヘ⏓)_/¯

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Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:55am CST

A case of when expectation meets reality, more likely. Barricade maybe a Police Car, hence Prowl comparisons. But I think even when first announced the expectation was for more than just Black Prowl. The fandom ate up mere palette swaps back in the 80's. More is expected now.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:58am CST

So that's barricade eh? About what I was expecting, okay I thought it would use the Prowl head. I love the Micromasters, even if only a few of them have decent combined modes.

What toys are we waiting for reveal wise now? Just the other exclusives?

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 3rd, 2019 @ 9:59am CST

Randomhero wrote:I love this for months people were wanting to see barricade waiting and expecting him to be a black prowl and there he is and people are complaiming that that’s exactly what he is and wanted.

Transformers fandom. Textbook definition of bipolar syndrome

I think this is more a case of people expecting a different more movie head, not a Smokescreen pretool head.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:02am CST

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:A case of when expectation meets reality, more likely. Barricade maybe a Police Car, hence Prowl comparisons. But I think even when first announced the expectation was for more than just Black Prowl. The fandom ate up mere palette swaps back in the 80's. More is expected now.

Well apart from when it's expected to be a redeco like the seekers

or Frenzy and Rumble etc..

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Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:02am CST

You don't need to do much to make a Palette Swap stand out, but a little effort is better than none.

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:03am CST

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
Randomhero wrote:I love this for months people were wanting to see barricade waiting and expecting him to be a black prowl and there he is and people are complaiming that that’s exactly what he is and wanted.

Transformers fandom. Textbook definition of bipolar syndrome

I think this is more a case of people expecting a different more movie head, not a Smokescreen pretool head.

I expected a completely different head. Something unique and EVIL looking. But here, it's just lazy. As for the Prowl body, why not? That was expected. But that head ruin it. 3P upgrade kits to the rescue!

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Posted by Ironhidensh on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:30am CST

Randomhero wrote:I love this for months people were wanting to see barricade waiting and expecting him to be a black prowl and there he is and people are complaiming that that’s exactly what he is and wanted.

Transformers fandom. Textbook definition of bipolar syndrome

Expected it maybe, but nobody wanted it. Try again.

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Posted by Sabrblade on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:40am CST

blackeyedprime wrote:Omegas art doesnt even resemble the toy, the toys faction symbol is too low down among other things.

You're looking at the wrong art. He was talking about the art on the box seen behind the Titan class toy in the first pic. He posted the second image because he said that the box art reminded him of the old WFC video game Omega from 2010.

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Posted by steals_your_goats on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:41am CST

I mean I wanted him to be a new Datsun brother who turned to the decepticons. If you want him to be the movie incarnation then buy the studio series one or one of the other iterations of movie Barricade. This isn't movie Barricade this is a generations take on the character. If the accepted excuse for the movie designs is "it's a new take on the character" then why isn't that okay here?

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Posted by Carnivius_Prime on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:47am CST

I wish they'd stop with the Micromaster 'weapon' modes. They all look garbage. The figures themselves are ok and it's cool seeing the Off-Road patrol appearing cos those were the main ones I had as a kid (along with the Air Strike Patrol)

Would have expected a new head for that 'Barricade'. The colour scheme is cool cos you can't go too wrong with mostly black with some white and purple. But yeah it just looks like Night-Prowl rather than Barricade.

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Posted by Sentinel_Primal on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:47am CST

steals_your_goats wrote:I mean I wanted him to be a new Datsun brother who turned to the decepticons. If you want him to be the movie incarnation then buy the studio series one or one of the other iterations of movie Barricade. This isn't movie Barricade this is a generations take on the character. If the accepted excuse for the movie designs is "it's a new take on the character" then why isn't that okay here?

Because there's already an Evergreen design that fits the bill for a Generations Barricade. It'd be like making Star Saber, but as a pre-tool for Brainstorm. Sure, you can say it's a new take on the character, but there's still gonna be disappointment from a large amount of people, just like how a lot of people are still disappointed in how the movies portray the characters, despite them being new takes on the characters

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Posted by Sabrblade on March 3rd, 2019 @ 10:54am CST

Hmm...

Well, at least we can tell where the purple came from.

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Posted by Carnivius_Prime on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:08am CST

Sabrblade wrote:Well, at least we can tell where the purple came from.

I'm still kinda confused whether purple exists on movie Barricade at all. Some figures have purple (2007 Deluxe, the Human Alliance, Robot Replica, DotM Deluxe), but MPM has bright blue and Studio Series has just black in those places. Some renders of the cgi model show a more subtle dark blue/purple that's almost as black as the rest of him while others have it a more stronger blue

As for that Siege Barricade, it's just another in a long line of Autobots and Decepticons sharing the same body and face. Something I really hate in Transformers as it makes no sense for them to do so without a specific reason.

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Posted by ZeroWolf on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:10am CST

I got excited then as I liked that mold (Prowl from Prime Smokescreen) then realised it was a club exclusive.

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Posted by Cobotron on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:10am CST

I'll just be over here alone on my little island being not surprised at all by this reveal and playing fun adventure battles with my toys. Actually I'm elated that this is proof of a Smokescreen. With that glimpse of the 35th Anni Blustreak, I will be happy to complete the Bros.

As for Barricade, I'm fine with this one. Those cool Con-y colors remind me of another one of my favorite repaint/faction swap.

I also hope that cool looking Drivetrain has knees!

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Posted by Flashwave on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:21am CST

Sabrblade wrote:Hmm...

Well, at least we can tell where the purple came from.

Thank you for Posting these. That Barricade is exactly whom this is going up against, winner gets to use Prime TFSS Frenzy.

2 things I really like
1) the colora
2)the Acxessory Guns.

But I am not sure he weara the mold well as Barricade. Something does feel off. And while I like the car mode, and its more police car like, I'm not sure I like it more than the TFSS BAarricade

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:24am CST

Sabrblade wrote:Hmm...

Well, at least we can tell where the purple came from.

I loved that TFSS figure look, never got it, but it looks so cool. I love that head. I wish that was the head the new Barricade has used for a model. I wish it was not a typical Datsun head!

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Posted by leokearon on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:27am CST

Wish they had done something more with the head

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Posted by no-one on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:32am CST

Even though Barricade is pretty, he's an easy pass for me. I'm probably all in on any Datsun Bros they release and I have no connection to Barricade as a character. Lovely deco though.

I do like the looks of the new micromasters that are new molds. Those guys are bite sized fun plastic snacks.

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:36am CST

Barricade looks sick, I love it 8-)

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Posted by ScottyP on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:46am CST

I'm so happy that a Guido Guidi Barricade or at least something close to it is happening

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Posted by blackeyedprime on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:46am CST

Kind of hoped for it to be a Mirage redeco, still Zero Wants from all the carbots in Siege. Will be interesting to see what redecos the Mirage mold eventually gets used for.

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Posted by Skritz on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:46am CST

Barricade definitely need a visor and/or mouthplate but otherwise this is fine, even if I wish he had looked more like the Evergreen Barricade.

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Posted by william-james88 on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:54am CST

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:A different face sculpt for Barricade would have been nice. Make him stand out a bit more than having a 'reverse-Prowl' colour palette.

He does have a different head from Prowl

Ironhidensh wrote:
Randomhero wrote:I love this for months people were wanting to see barricade waiting and expecting him to be a black prowl and there he is and people are complaiming that that’s exactly what he is and wanted.

Transformers fandom. Textbook definition of bipolar syndrome

Expected it maybe, but nobody wanted it. Try again.

Many wanted it, and a few years ago some people paid double-triple what this figure costs to get essentially the same thing from the club.

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 3rd, 2019 @ 11:57am CST

Skritz wrote:Barricade definitely need a visor and/or mouthplate but otherwise this is fine, even if I wish he had looked more like the Evergreen Barricade.

Agreed, a faceplate or visor would have helped so much.

Although now that he is basically showing we are getting a Smokescreen, I'm debating attempting to get all 3 Datsuns when they come out plus Barricade. I don't have a Bluestreak yet and my Smokescreen and my 3 Prowls are all Combiners. well, my Prime Prowl is on my Generations shelf, so hmmm

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Posted by Ironhidensh on March 3rd, 2019 @ 12:02pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:A different face sculpt for Barricade would have been nice. Make him stand out a bit more than having a 'reverse-Prowl' colour palette.

He does have a different head from Prowl

Ironhidensh wrote:
Randomhero wrote:I love this for months people were wanting to see barricade waiting and expecting him to be a black prowl and there he is and people are complaiming that that’s exactly what he is and wanted.

Transformers fandom. Textbook definition of bipolar syndrome

Expected it maybe, but nobody wanted it. Try again.

Many wanted it, and a few years ago some people paid double-triple what this figure costs to get essentially the same thing from the club.

This is just one if those things I'll never understand, isn't it?

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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 3rd, 2019 @ 12:02pm CST

When they make Smokescreen I hope they include a repaint of Prowl's pistol instead of just the shoulder cannons.

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 3rd, 2019 @ 12:12pm CST

*screams like a rabid fan girl at a boy band concert*

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Posted by Wireless_Phantom on March 3rd, 2019 @ 12:17pm CST

I'm not sure whether or not I will get Barricade. I love his colors, but I'm probably going to have 3 copies of that mold anyway so I'm finding it hard to warrant the extra purchase.

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Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 3rd, 2019 @ 12:19pm CST

I'm surprised no one else mentioned this yet, but the Cybertronian "Police" writing on Barricade's doors is done in the Autobot alphabet, not the Decepticon one. I'm assuming this is just an oversight in the CGI render. They probably just neglected to change that overlay from Prowls when they did the palette, head, and weapon swaps.

Perhaps this error will be caught before the figures actually go into production.

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Posted by Cobotron on March 3rd, 2019 @ 12:19pm CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:When they make Smokescreen I hope they include a repaint of Prowl's pistol instead of just the shoulder cannons.

Yeah, this. Or he will be getting a Battlemaster of his own.
I've always pretended he was the heavy munitions expert of the trio. The more guns for him the better!

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Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 3rd, 2019 @ 12:21pm CST

My Walmart just stocked Starscream and Soundwave. In hand, they don't look that good, honestly. They both look dull and like the paint apps weren't finished. I know I'm going to pass on Soundwave (if anyone wants him let me know and I'll pick him up for you), and I'm split on Starscream. I collect voyager Screamers so I might get him for that shelf, but he's not that impressive.

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Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 3rd, 2019 @ 12:23pm CST

Rodimus Prime wrote:My Walmart just stocked Starscream and Soundwave. In hand, they don't look that good, honestly. They both look dull and like the paint apps weren't finished. I know I'm going to pass on Soundwave (if anyone wants him let me know and I'll pick him up for you), and I'm split on Starscream. I collect voyager Screamers so I might get him for that shelf, but he's not that impressive.

Where is this Walmart located?

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